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by phire3 hours ago |
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upvoteby endofreach3 hours ago|
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"I am using AI agents to enjoy music while I sleep, so I don't have to".

This guy is a visionary, the judges just don't get it.

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upvoteby indubioprorubik2 hours ago|
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He is economic growth incarnated.
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upvoteby gmerc3 hours ago|
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Should have used OpenClaw and they’d given him investment instead
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upvoteby Imustaskforhelp2 hours ago|
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Or perhaps OpenAI/AI startups would've even hired the guy too
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upvoteby randyrand2 hours ago|
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In click fraud, it's the platform company defrauding the ads purchasers, by claiming the clicks are legit.

All this guy did was break TOS, and find a broken business model. No fraud. Should have found a lawyer.

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upvoteby petesergeant2 hours ago|
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> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice

It’s wire fraud

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upvoteby randyrand15 minutes ago|
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Not it’s not. Creating fake accounts and instructing them to listen to music does not generate any money. The actual money generation, the actual fraud, was carried out on his behalf when the platform claimed the listens were real and charged the advertisers for it.

Under the letter of the law, this is just a TOS violation.

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upvoteby pocksuppet2 hours ago|
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What were the false or fradulent pretenses, representations, or promises?
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upvoteby barrkel2 hours ago|
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A false representation of user interest
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upvoteby 6stringmerc33 minutes ago|
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Right and it going on for years and based on his blatant communications, there was a minimal fraud control - deliberate indifference in my opinion - to the harm caused by the services exploited.

You don’t have a stake in this game, I do.

Indie rights holders like me only get a slice of the revenues after Spotify pays like 75% to the RIAA firms. He gutted our pool. I’ll never see any of the pennies I’m rightfully owed even with great info from DistroKid.

I’ve come around. Copyright is dead, effectively. Just in time too. I WAS planning to sue Smart Communications for engaging in wholesale copyright infringement at scale, as they have unauthorized copies of poetry I wrote in jail - I have proof and trapped an asshole ex cop working for them into admitting they did what I suspected - but I’m moving on with life, still wounded, still sore.

Oh well, much bigger things are coming my way than worrying about money. Little people stand on piles of money to look big. They will never be able to look me eye to eye, as I’m a giraffe by comparison.

Facts.

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upvoteby pocksuppet2 hours ago|
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How is it stealing when they sent you the money?
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upvoteby slopinthebag2 hours ago|
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How is fraud stealing?
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